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STEPHEN    COLLINS    FOSTER 


ILLUSTRATED 


BOSTON 

TICKNOR     AND     COMPANY 

211  STrcmont  Street 

1889 


Copyright, 

1853,  BY  FIRTH,  POND,  AND  COMPANY  ; 
iSSi,  BY  MRS.  MATIIEW  D.  WILEY  AND  MRS.  MARION  FOSTER  WELCH  ; 

1887,    HY    TlCKNOR    AND   COMPANY. 


All  rig/its  reserved. 


Published  by  permission  of  WILLIAM   A.   POND  &  Co.,  owners  of  the  Copyright. 


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JOHN  WILSON  AND  SON,  CAMBRIDGE. 


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BY  MARY   IIALLOCK   FOOTE  AND  CHARLES  COPELAND. 

Drawn,  engraved,  and  printed  under  the  stifem'sion  of 
A.  V.    S.    ANTHONY. 


MY   OLD    KENTUCKY   HOME,  GOOD-NIGHT! 


THE  sun  shines  bright  in  the  old  Kentucky  home; 
'T  is  summer,  the  darkeys  are  gay ; 
The  corn-top  's  ripe,  and  the  meadow  's  in  the  bloom, 

While  the  birds  make  music  all  the  day. 
The  young  folks  roll  on  the  little  cabin  floor, 

All  merry,  all  happy  and  bright; 

By-'n'-by  Hard  Times  comes  a-knocking  at  the  door,  — 
Then  my  old  Kentucky  Home,  good-night ! 

CHORUS. 

Weep  no  more,  my  lady; 
Oh,  weep  no  more  to-day ! 

We  will  sing  one  song  for  the  old  Kentucky  Home, 
For  the  old  Kentucky  Home  far  away. 

They  hunt  no  more  for  the  possum  and  the  coon 
On  the  meadow,  the  hill,  and  the  shore  ; 

They  sing  no  more,  by  the  glimmer  of  the  moon, 
On  the  bench  by  the  old  cabin  door. 

The  day  goes  by  like  a  shadow  o'er  the  heart, 
With  sorrow  where  all  was  delight ; 

The  time  has  come  when  the  darkeys  have  to  part,  — 

Then  my  old  Kentucky  Home,  good-night ! 

CHORUS. 

The  head  must  bow,  and  the  back  will  have  to  bend, 

Wherever  the  darkey  may  go  ; 
A  few  more  days,  and  the  trouble  all  will  end 

In  the  field  where  the  sugar-canes  grow  ; 
A  few  more  days  for  to  tote  the  weary  load,  — 

No  matter,  't  will  never  be  light ; 
A  few  more  days  till  we  totter  on  the  road,  — 

Then  my  old  Kentucky  Home,  good-night ! 

CHORUS. 


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